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How to live a low carbon life : the individual's guide to stopping climate change / Chris Goodall.

By: Goodall, Chris.
Publisher: London : Earthscan, 2007Description: ix, 319 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781844074266 (pbk.); 1844074269 (pbk.).Subject(s): Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Climatic factors | Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects | Climatic changes -- Social aspects | Consumers -- Environmental aspects | Carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 363.7387
Contents:
List of figures and tables. - Sources and units of measurement. - Acknowledgements. - Introduction: Getting from 12 1/2 tonnes to 3 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. - 1. The extraordinary cheapness of fossil fuels. - 2. The scope for government action. - 3. The inadequacy of alternative means of reducing emissions. - 4. No-one else is doing much, so you'd better do something yourself. - 5. How our lives generate emissions and what we can do about it. - 6. Home Heating. - 7. Water heating and cooking. - 8. Lighting. - 9. Household appliances. - 10. Car travel. - 11. Public Transport. - 12. Air travel. - 13. Food. - 14. Other indirect emissions. - 15. Domestic renewables. - 16. Cancelling out emissions. - 17. Conclusions. - Afterword. - Appendix. - Notes. - List of abbreviation.
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Includes index

List of figures and tables. - Sources and units of measurement. - Acknowledgements. - Introduction: Getting from 12 1/2 tonnes to 3 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. - 1. The extraordinary cheapness of fossil fuels. - 2. The scope for government action. - 3. The inadequacy of alternative means of reducing emissions. - 4. No-one else is doing much, so you'd better do something yourself. - 5. How our lives generate emissions and what we can do about it. - 6. Home Heating. - 7. Water heating and cooking. - 8. Lighting. - 9. Household appliances. - 10. Car travel. - 11. Public Transport. - 12. Air travel. - 13. Food. - 14. Other indirect emissions. - 15. Domestic renewables. - 16. Cancelling out emissions. - 17. Conclusions. - Afterword. - Appendix. - Notes. - List of abbreviation.